The Plaque Gallery in baseball’s Hall of Fame is a sacred place to the baseball fans who make the trip up to Cooperstown, N.Y.

Hours can melt away while slowly meandering your way through this room of baseball immortals. Everyone looks for the plaques of stars like Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Willie Mays but even the most die-hard fans might see a name or two that catches them by surprise.

And that’s the point of this quiz. We’ll give you 15 names, and you have to guess whether the person is a real Hall of Famer, a player who isn’t in the Hall of Fame or, just to keep you on your toes, isn’t even a real person.

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1B George “Highpockets” Kelly?

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YES!

Elected by Veterans Committee in 1973

Kelly owns one of the best nicknames in baseball history (because he stood 6-foot-4, his pockets were way up there), but he’s considered a borderline choice by the Veterans Committee. In fact, historian Bill James called him “the worst player in the Hall of Fame” in a 2001 book. An excellent defender with a reputation as a clutch hitter, Kelly played more than 100 games just nine seasons.

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SP Smoky Joe Wood?

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NO!

If not for a devastating shoulder injury, Smoky Joe likely would have been a Hall of Famer. His 1912 season—34-5, 1.91 ERA—for the World Series champion Red Sox was one of the best ever. After his shoulder failed him, he switched to the outfield and hit .298 with an .809 OPS in five seasons.

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SP Hippo Vaughn?

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NO!

Vaughn had a great seven-year stretch, posting a 2.16 ERA with an average of 293 innings for the Cubs from 1914-20, but his career didn’t quite meet Hall standards. He was part of the only nine-inning double no-hitter in MLB history, when both he and Cincinnati’s Fred Toney held their opponent hitless through nine innings on May 2, 1917. Unfortunately, Vaughn gave up a couple hits in the 10th and lost, 1-0.

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SP Old Hoss Radbourn?

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YES!

Elected by Veterans Committee in 1939

Old Hoss, a name now known more for his amazing parody Twitter account (65.5K followers strong), put up what now looks like mind-boggling numbers pitching in a different era. For example, over a two-year span (1883-84) for the Providence Grays, Radbourn threw 1,311 innings and produced a 1.70 ERA with a 107-37 record. He finished his career with 309 wins in just 11 seasons.

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OF Lloyd “Little Poison” Waner?

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YES!

Elected by Veterans Committee in 1967

Another very good player considered a borderline Hall of Famer elected by the Veterans Committee, Lloyd Waner was maybe best-known as the kid brother of Paul “Big Poison” Waner. He hit .340 in his first six seasons in the majors but just .298 after that and finished his 18-year career (1927-45) with only 27 homers and 67 stolen bases.

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2B Jimmy “Cake” Blake?

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NO!

You might not know it, but you know Jimmy Blake. From the classic baseball poem “Casey at the Bat” …

But Flynn preceded Casey, as did also Jimmy Blake,
And the former was a lulu and the latter was a cake;
So upon that stricken multitude grim melancholy sat,
For there seemed but little chance of Casey's getting to the bat.

But Flynn let drive a single, to the wonderment of all,
And Blake, the much despis-ed, tore the cover off the ball;
And when the dust had lifted, and the men saw what had occurred,
There was Jimmy safe at second and Flynn a-hugging third.

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SP Jim McCormick?

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NO!

McCormick is considered maybe the best of the early-era pitchers not in the Hall of Fame. He put up those crazy numbers—45 wins, 72 complete games, 657 2/3 innings for the Cleveland Blues in 1880—and finished his 10-year career with a 2.43 ERA. For an interesting (and intelligent) message-board discussion on McCormick’s HoF credentials, click here.

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SP Urban Shocker?

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NO!

Shocker was one of the last players allowed to use the spitball after it was outlawed by MLB before the 1921 season. His career, which included 187 wins and a 3.17 ERA, was cut short by a heart condition that eventually caused his death at a way-too-young age of 38.

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SS Tiny McKenzie?

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FAKE!

OK, this one’s completely made up. But a Baseball-Reference.com search for “Tiny” turns up nine matches for the nickname Tiny, and six of them played before 1930.

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SP Kid Nichols?

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YES!

Elected by Veterans Committee in 1949

Kid Nichols made his debut with the Boston Beaneaters in 1890 at 20 years old and was a rotation stalwart through the 1901 season. He won 329 games for the Beaneaters with a 3.00 ERA, then another 32 for the Cardinals and Phillies before retiring.

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3B Howard 'Bunny' Colvin?

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FAKE!

Yes, there is a Hall of Famer named Rabbit, but his last name was Maranville. Bunny Colvin is a character from the all-time-great HBO show, The Wire.

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C Ray Schalk?

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YES!

Elected by Veterans Committee in 1955

Known for his intelligence and defense as a catcher during his career (1912-29), Schalk retired with MLB records for games caught, putouts and double plays. He wasn’t really much of a hitter (.253 average, .656 OPS) but he did have good speed (177 career stolen bases).

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OF Moonlight Graham?

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NO!

Yes, this is the guy from Field of Dreams. But he’s not a made-up movie character. Graham did play just the one game in the majors, and he didn’t actually get to bat in that 1905 contest for the New York Giants. Graham played a few more seasons in the minors after that game, and he did earn his medical degree after his career ended.

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SP Eppa Rixey?

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YES!

Elected by Veterans Committee in 1963

A lefty who towered above hitters—he was 6-5 in an era when almost nobody was 6-5—Rixey won 266 games with a 3.15 ERA in a career that started in 1912 and ended in 1933. He was the first player from Virginia in the Hall of Fame, but he died of a heart attack a month after he was elected, before the induction ceremony.

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SP Sudden Sam McDowell?

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NO!

Sudden Sam won the AL ERA title as a 22-year-old in 1965, the first of his six All-Star seasons, and he led the league in strikeouts five times. But control issues—he walked at least 100 batters seven years in a row—and injury concerns kept his peak too short for the Hall.